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Big Norm · 08-12-2003, 04:18 AM

Doubs,
you are right, the Garand gave us a great advantage in the war. But Roosevelt was interested in defeating Hitler first and then the Japanese. So the army got the Garand first. Then the marines in the Pacific. Don't think that for a moment the marines were happy with this situation.

MM,
you are correct that Hitler was a romantic. But the German army had a light weight machine gun that was very flexible. Hitler felt that the foot soldier would waste too much ammo if he had a semi auto rifle. The German semi auto was developed in secret and arrived too late to make a difference. But when Hilter saw the finished product, he jumped on it. The jet was initially developed as a medium range bomber. Hitler wanted a fighter plane to support his fast moving tank warfare which was a novel idea at the beginning of the war. So Hitler stalled until the jet fighter was developed much later and too late.

Somehow we have to divide the war into two parts. The first of which were great successes by the German army and Hitlers gambling and the second part where Hitler was a little crazy and very irrational. Compound the second part with the meddling of Hitlers friend, the coke headed Gorring, and you get defeat as well as Spears late war impression of Hitler. To attempt to blend these two parts can lead to a misinterpretation of the extent of Hitlers romanticizm.

I believe that the dividing line between these two parts was the attempted assasination in, I think but may be wrong, the Wolfs Layer. This is where the German army tried, unsuccessfully, to blow him up during a staff meeting. After that, Hitler was totally screwed up. But the Germans were still frightened of him.
Big Norm

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08-12-2003, 04:18 AM	#31
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Doubs, you are right, the Garand gave us a great advantage in the war. But Roosevelt was interested in defeating Hitler first and then the Japanese. So the army got the Garand first. Then the marines in the Pacific. Don't think that for a moment the marines were happy with this situation. MM, you are correct that Hitler was a romantic. But the German army had a light weight machine gun that was very flexible. Hitler felt that the foot soldier would waste too much ammo if he had a semi auto rifle. The German semi auto was developed in secret and arrived too late to make a difference. But when Hilter saw the finished product, he jumped on it. The jet was initially developed as a medium range bomber. Hitler wanted a fighter plane to support his fast moving tank warfare which was a novel idea at the beginning of the war. So Hitler stalled until the jet fighter was developed much later and too late. Somehow we have to divide the war into two parts. The first of which were great successes by the German army and Hitlers gambling and the second part where Hitler was a little crazy and very irrational. Compound the second part with the meddling of Hitlers friend, the coke headed Gorring, and you get defeat as well as Spears late war impression of Hitler. To attempt to blend these two parts can lead to a misinterpretation of the extent of Hitlers romanticizm. I believe that the dividing line between these two parts was the attempted assasination in, I think but may be wrong, the Wolfs Layer. This is where the German army tried, unsuccessfully, to blow him up during a staff meeting. After that, Hitler was totally screwed up. But the Germans were still frightened of him. Big Norm